A39662:1854
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 13. What's the second Inference from hence?
A. 'Tis our great concernment to walk with that Piety and Justice towards God and Men, as to cut off all just occasions of reproach from our own Names, 2 Cor. 11.12. But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion, &c. 1 Tim. 5.14, I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Q. 14. What's the third Inference from this Commandment?
A. To bless God that our Names are kept sweet and honourable in the World among good Men, 3 Epis: John 12. Demetrius hath a good report of all men, &c. Or if we be reproached, ⟨p. 149⟩